Spikes and Twine... or, "how'd you get the rope up there?"

Getting Ada up there, on the other hand, is no problem. Even if it's way, way up there (the bright blue rope is a 70m!).

Buckethead

Is she a heavy-metal guitar phenom or a redheaded cyborg droid? You be the judge.

Ada, terror of the playground!

Run. Run. She will get you.

Thanks to our friend Dave for being the largest one running.

Thanks!

Thanks for the incredibly cute dress, Grandma Lili! Perfect couch-cushion-throwing garb.

"It's not clean yet!"

Favorite after-dinner treat? Doing dishes! OMG, the funnest fun ever. Although, as you can see here, it's very, very serious work and sometimes a cup needs several rounds of scrubbing and rinsing to really, really be sure it's clean.

(Lovely photo taken by world famous photographer Brian Moriarty, on his iPhone. Thanks, Brian!)

Fine Entertainment

"Hmm, so what do you wanna do tonight?"

"Umm, dunno. How about we find a crown, put a dress on the dinosaur and throw all the cushions off the couch?"

"That sounds rad. Sign me up!"

Sledding is so fun...

...when someone else pulls you back up the hill! I think I got more exercise that day than I have in a long time -- up, down, up, down, up... "Again, Mommy! Again!" My favorite part was when Ada decided she wanted to go down by herself. I positioned myself about halfway down the hill, just in case. Sure enough, she made it about halfway down and then steered right into the trees. I headed her off and then... pulled her back up. Again, again! It was such a gorgeous day though -- bright and crisp and sparkly! Yaay, winter!